| Sand Springs Interurban Railway | |
 A Sand Springs Railway freight train in 1919 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | OmniTRAX |
| Reporting mark | SS |
| Dates of operation | 1911– |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge[1] |
| Electrification | 1912-1955 |
| Length | 32 miles (51 km) |
| Other | |
| Website | Official website |
The Sand Springs Railway (reporting mark SS) (originally the Sand Springs Interurban Railway) is a class III railroad operating in Oklahoma. It was formed in 1911 by industrialist Charles Page to connect his newly formed city of Sand Springs to Tulsa, operating both as a passenger-carrying interurban and a freight carrier. At Sand Springs, the company also served his children's home, and Page directed all railroad profits to support the home's operations.
Passenger service was discontinued January 2, 1955, but the railroad has continued to operate to the present. Following a federal requirement to divest the railroad, in 1987 HMK Inc became the company's new owner, via subsidiary Sheffield Steel, operator of a steel plant served by the railroad. Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation took over the company in 2006. Gerdau sold the railway to shortline railroad holding company OmniTRAX on July 1, 2014, having previously shut down its steel plant in 2009.
- ^ McGraw Electrical Trade Directory: Railway edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 1911. p. 126.